NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The benchmark data splits cleanly between these two cards, and it is not a close contest. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z records zero benchmark wins across the head-to-head tests, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER takes both. That is the entire story in terms of raw recorded measurements, but the nature of the wins matters more than the count.

The GTX TITAN Z is a Kepler-generation dual-GPU flagship from 2014, built for compute workloads and multi-display setups. Its recorded scores are 25,465 in Geekbench OpenCL and 22,006 in Geekbench Vulkan. Those numbers place it at the 69th percentile of all GPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 23,736. It sits close to the AMD Radeon RX 9070, which is 0.6% ahead, and the AMD Radeon RX 6800S, which is 1.4% ahead. It also edges out the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile by 0.5% and the RTX 3070 Ti Mobile by 0.9%. In other words, the TITAN Z holds its own against much newer mobile and desktop parts in aggregate scoring, despite its age.

The RTX 2070 SUPER, by contrast, is a Turing-generation card from 2019 with a single GPU. Its Geekbench OpenCL score is 83,358, which is 69.5% higher than the TITAN Z, and its Geekbench Vulkan score is 90,637, which is 75.7% higher. The average benchmark score for the RTX 2070 SUPER is 20,282, placing it at the 65th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M (1% ahead), the RTX 3070 Mobile (1.2% ahead), the Intel Arc B570 (1.3% ahead), and the Intel Arc A750 (1.5% ahead). So the RTX 2070 SUPER is competitive with a broad set of modern cards, but it does not dominate its peer group the way it dominates the TITAN Z.

Where each one wins is therefore not a question of workload type in the recorded data. The TITAN Z does not win any test. The RTX 2070 SUPER wins both. The practical interpretation is that the RTX 2070 SUPER is the stronger card for any application that relies on OpenCL or Vulkan performance, which covers most modern games, rendering, and compute tasks. The TITAN Z's only advantage is historical: it was the more expensive flagship at launch, and it carries the dual-GPU novelty, but the recorded measurements show no scenario where that translates into a performance win.

The Verdict

The verdict from the database is unambiguous. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER is the superior GPU by every measured metric. It wins the OpenCL test by 69.5% and the Vulkan test by 75.7%. Anyone choosing between these two cards for a new build, an upgrade, or a workstation should pick the RTX 2070 SUPER unless they have a very specific reason to need the TITAN Z's dual-GPU configuration.

The RTX 2070 SUPER is also the more practical card in every physical and electrical sense. It draws 215 W versus the TITAN Z's 375 W. It requires a 550 W power supply versus the TITAN Z's 750 W recommendation. It occupies two slots instead of three, and it is 27 mm slimmer (35 mm width versus 62 mm). It has modern display outputs: one HDMI 2.0, three DisplayPort 1.4a, and one USB Type-C, compared to the TITAN Z's two DVI, one HDMI 1.4a, and one DisplayPort 1.2. The RTX 2070 SUPER also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, while the TITAN Z is limited to DirectX 12 (11_1) and Vulkan 1.2.175.

The TITAN Z does have a transistor count advantage in terms of sheer scale: 7,080 million transistors on a dual-GPU setup versus the RTX 2070 SUPER's 13,600 million on a single die. But that is a fabrication detail, not a performance result. The TITAN Z also carries a launch MSRP of 2,999 USD, which is vastly higher than the RTX 2070 SUPER's launch MSRP of 499 USD, yet the performance data shows the cheaper card is dramatically faster.

The pick for gamers, content creators, and compute users is the RTX 2070 SUPER. The pick for the TITAN Z would be a collector or someone specifically interested in Kepler-era dual-GPU hardware, but the recorded data provides no performance justification for it.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The head-to-head section of the database contains exactly two tests, and the RTX 2070 SUPER wins both by massive margins.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 2070 SUPER scores 83,358 against the TITAN Z's 25,465. That is a delta of -69.5% for the TITAN Z, meaning the RTX 2070 SUPER is more than three times faster in this compute test. OpenCL performance is relevant for many non-gaming workloads, including video encoding, physics simulation, and general GPU compute. The gap is so large that no amount of driver tuning or overclocking on the TITAN Z could close it.

In Geekbench Vulkan, the margin is even wider. The RTX 2070 SUPER scores 90,637 against the TITAN Z's 22,006, a delta of -75.7%. Vulkan is the modern low-level graphics API used by many current games and game engines. A 75.7% deficit means the TITAN Z delivers less than a quarter of the RTX 2070 SUPER's Vulkan throughput. For any Vulkan-based title, the RTX 2070 SUPER will provide a dramatically smoother experience at higher settings and resolutions.

The fact that the TITAN Z has zero wins in this comparison is telling. Even in the older OpenCL test, where the TITAN Z's dual-GPU architecture might have been expected to show some strength, it loses by nearly 70%. The RTX 2070 SUPER does not just win; it wins by margins that make the TITAN Z effectively non-competitive for any modern workload.

The average benchmark scores tell a similar story, though with a different framing. The TITAN Z's average score of 23,736 is actually higher than the RTX 2070 SUPER's average of 20,282. This is because the averages include different test suites and the TITAN Z's scores are more consistent around its two recorded results, while the RTX 2070 SUPER's average is dragged down by a wide range of Passmark tests, including low DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 scores. But when comparing the two directly on the same tests, the RTX 2070 SUPER is overwhelmingly faster.

FAQ

Q: Which card is faster in Vulkan?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER scores 90,637 in Geekbench Vulkan, while the GTX TITAN Z scores 22,006, making the RTX 2070 SUPER 75.7% faster.

Q: How do the two cards compare in OpenCL performance?

A: The RTX 2070 SUPER scores 83,358 in Geekbench OpenCL versus the TITAN Z's 25,465, a 69.5% advantage for the RTX 2070 SUPER.

Q: What is the power consumption difference?

A: The RTX 2070 SUPER has a 215 W TDP, while the TITAN Z has a 375 W TDP. The TITAN Z also recommends a 750 W power supply, whereas the RTX 2070 SUPER recommends a 550 W unit.

Q: Do both cards support DirectX 12 Ultimate?

A: No. The RTX 2070 SUPER supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2,12_2,0 (12_2), while the TITAN Z supports DirectX 12 (11_1). The RTX 2070 SUPER also supports Vulkan 1.4, compared to the TITAN Z's Vulkan 1.2.175.

Q: What is the memory configuration of each card?

A: The TITAN Z has 6 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 384-bit bus, with 336.0 GB/s bandwidth, while the RTX 2070 SUPER has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: Which card has a higher average benchmark score?

A: The TITAN Z has an average score of 23,736, while the RTX 2070 SUPER has an average of 20,282. The RTX 2070 SUPER's average is lower despite being 65th percentile versus the TITAN Z 69th percentile.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from different architectural generations and use entirely different GPU chips. The GTX TITAN Z is built on the Kepler architecture, with the GK110B chip, and belongs to the GeForce 700 generation. The RTX 2070 SUPER uses the Turing architecture, on the TU104 chip, and belongs to the GeForce 20-series.

The process technology differs significantly. The TITAN Z is fabricated on TSMC's 28 nm process, while the RTX 2070 SUPER uses TSMC's 12 nm process. The transistor density reflects this: the TITAN Z packs 7,080 million transistors into a 561 mm² die, for a density of 12.6 million transistors per square millimeter. The RTX 2070 SUPER packs 13,600 million transistors into a slightly smaller die of 545 mm², for a density of 25.0 million per square millimeter. That is nearly double the density, which explains how the RTX 2070 SUPER delivers far more performance at lower power.

The RTX 2070 SUPER also introduces hardware features that do not exist on the TITAN Z. It has 40 ray tracing cores and 320 tensor cores, which enable hardware-accelerated ray tracing and AI-based features such as DLSS. The TITAN Z has none of these. The RTX 2070 SUPER also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, while the TITAN Z is limited to DirectX 12 (11_1) and Vulkan 1.2.175. These API differences matter for modern games that use mesh shaders, variable rate shading, and other DX12 Ultimate features.

The FP32 compute output also diverges sharply. The RTX 2070 SUPER delivers 9.062 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, while the TITAN Z delivers 5.046 TFLOPS. The RTX 2070 SUPER also has FP16 support rated at 18.12 TFLOPS (2:1), while the TITAN Z has no recorded FP16 capability. Pixel and texture rates follow the same trend: the RTX 2070 SUPER has 113.3 GPixel/s versus 52.56 GPixel/s, and 283.2 GTexel/s versus 210.2 GTexel/s.

The memory technology also belongs to different eras. The TITAN Z uses GDDR5 at 7 Gbps effective, while the RTX 2070 SUPER uses GDDR6 at 14 Gbps effective. The bus widths differ as well: 384-bit for the TITAN Z versus 256-bit for the RTX 2070 SUPER, with the RTX 2070 SUPER still achieving higher total bandwidth at 448.0 GB/s versus 336.0 GB/s.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ in nearly every specification category. The TITAN Z has 2,880 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, and 48 ROPs. The RTX 2070 SUPER has 2,560 shading units, 160 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The RTX 2070 SUPER has fewer shading units and TMUs but more ROPs, and it still delivers higher pixel and texture rates due to its much higher clock speeds.

Clock speeds are a major difference. The TITAN Z has a base clock of 705 MHz and a boost clock of 876 MHz. The RTX 2070 SUPER has a base clock of 1,605 MHz and a boost clock of 1,770 MHz. That is more than double the base clock and roughly double the boost clock. The memory clock is also doubled in effective data rate: 7 Gbps for the TITAN Z versus 14 Gbps for the RTX 2070 SUPER.

The physical dimensions are similar in length: both cards are 267 mm or 10.5 inches. The height differs slightly, with the TITAN Z at 111 mm and the RTX 2070 SUPER at 116 mm. The width is a major difference: the TITAN Z is 62 mm wide and triple-slot, while the RTX 2070 SUPER is 35 mm wide and dual-slot. The TITAN Z requires two 8-pin power connectors, while the RTX 2070 SUPER uses one 6-pin and one 8-pin. The suggested power supply is 750 W for the TITAN Z and 550 W for the RTX 2070 SUPER.

Both cards use a PCIe 3.0 x16 bus interface. Display outputs differ considerably: the TITAN Z has two DVI ports, one HDMI 1.4a, and one DisplayPort 1.2, while the RTX 2070 SUPER has one HDMI 2.0, three DisplayPort 1.4a, and one USB Type-C. The RTX 2070 SUPER is the more modern and flexible option for current monitors and VR headsets.

Both cards are end-of-life in production status. The TITAN Z was released on 2014-05-27, with the GeForce 600 as its predecessor and GeForce 900 as its successor. The RTX 2070 SUPER was released on 2019-07-08, with GeForce 10 as its predecessor and GeForce 30 as its successor. The TITAN Z carries a launch MSRP of 2,999 USD, while the RTX 2070 SUPER has a launch MSRP of 499 USD.